The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-13
NO PEACE IN A PALACE.
ANGRY SCENES IN THE ROYAL
HOUSEHOLD OF GERMANY.
The Empress Doesn't Get Along Well
with Her Husband. and She Dctests
the Crown Princess-Facts Not Gcncr-
ally Known.

The Empress Doesn't Get Along Well
with Her Husband. and She Detests
| the Crown Princess-Facts Not Gcncr-
ally Known.
When Emperor William receives n
stranger he looks at him sharply and gives
the impression that he is turning over in
MS mind whether the person before him
would be more suitable as a hllssar, a
cuirnssicr, dragon or n mere infantry-
man. His face Is wrinkled to an extraor-
dinary degree, and the look Of the eyes is
somewhat sad. But the face lghtcns up
with kindly smile as the obi gentleman
gives military twist upward to his snow
white mustaches The emperor talks in
short sentences. His conversation is of
the brusqaes stoeky nature affected by
OIL soldiers who prefer hearty shake Of
the hand to. lne speeches.
He used to be able to speak French
pretty we'll, but has now almost forgotten
1t, only remembering few set ceremonial
phTasea, which he uses In addressing the
French ambassador or ambassadrcss,
English be still speaks correctly, having
learned 1t thoroughly when, after the sad
events Of 1913, he was forced to spend al
most two years In England, Tho en-
peror has never bad any pretensious to be
considered q maA Interested In science or
art, Together with Prince Bismarck and
Field Marshal Count Moltke, he takes
Pride n never having set bis foot inside
museum or exhibition of pictures. The
only French novel which he has ever read
Is the Wandering jew" His table is
covered with military pamphlets, and
every week he glances through The Lon>
don Illustrated News, Graphic and The
Feneh Illustration. There is certain
kind Of mysticism peryadipg the old
gentlenan's manner and eeaversation. It
y even diseerMble tn the sympathetic
tones Of his voice, He ascribes every.
Thing to Divine Providence. Nor must it
he supposed for one instant that this is
merely u figure of speech to be produced
for the benefit Of the public. On the con.
trary, his Life shows that he n pervatled
with the idea that in every ything he IL the
mere Instrument N the Almighty.
An tLl fEMpERED EMPRESS.
Parry ~ the morning, abont 10 o'clock,
the empress makes point of visiting the
emperor In his study. This Is the only
time during the whole of the twenty -four
hours when husband and wife see each
other without witnesses. OF course, moth,
ing certain Is known about theiH e9nversa.
ton on these occasions, but presumably
politics arc not refeNed TO. Since the fall
OF her favorite Count Arnim the empress
has withdrawn from all interference in the
Affairs Of the government, and has even
become reconetled to her former own
particular enemy, Prince Bismarck.
u Is somewhat amusing to know
that the only newspaper which she
reads is The Paris Temps, which
she prefers to all others, oven The Cologne
Gazette. In the evening, toward II
o'cleek, the emperor makes his way NJ
stairs toward the empress tea table, where
he Invariably spends about twenty min.
utes to half an hour in gossiping with hel
and with her pet cronies, the Duke and
Duchess of Sagan.
He always maintaias the most complete
equanimity Of temper, and if his wife is
more than usually irritable he merely
shrugs his shoulders with smile and
mutters something about her "Russian
blood, " alluding, no doubt, to the fact Of
her being direct descendant of the Graz,
Emperor Paul Of Russia The subject
which above all others forms the favorte
topic OF the empress conversation is the
unplcasantness which exists between her,
self and her daughter-in-law, the crown
princess, whom, Notwithstanding ull ap.
pearanccs to the eaRtrary, she most cor.
daily detests. Bath the emperor and en-.
press fcel and believe that the moment the
new sovereign succeeds to the throne most
OF their old servants will be got rid of and
perhaps the whole policy Of the empire
changed. The empress is most bitter OBJ
the subject, and often asserts that when
her husband dies she will take up her
quarters at Rome, since her life not only
ut Berlin, hut even anywhere else in Ger.
Nyankl N and rod,
sihle by the new empress, whom she alludes
to as an alien with new tangled notions,
whose pernicious influence has already de.
prtved her Of the affection and respect OF
her only son.
THE EMPEROR's SEVERITY.
Meanwhile at the palace Of the crown
prince. the evaporation at the present
state OF affairs daily grows intense. So
jealous is the old c,aperor Of every vestige
OF his power That he makes point Of
keeping the crown prince Us much as
possible q stranger to everything that
Is going on. The authority Of the head
Of the family is one of the most sacred
principles Of the HOhenzollern dynasty,
and until 1858, when the present emperor
became prince regent, both he and his
wife were subject to tho eaprices and
often ridiculous orders Of the reigning
sovereign, wha was IN elder brother.
In their turn the emperor and empress
are treating the crown prince. and
especially his wife, with similar and
almost incredible severity The prince is
unable to make single step In any direc-
tion or to absent himself from Berlin with
out his fathers permission, while the
crown princess is not even allowed to name
single one Of her own ladies in waiting
or to choose governess for her daughters,
or TO travel, or even to allow her own
children to he present at any charitable
fete without first obtaining the sanction
OF her naughty, querulous and frequently
insulting mother in law. The eldest son
OF the crown prince, Prince William, who
Is far from being pleasant youth, is not
particularly liked by either his father or
mother. AS natural consequence he Is
made n special favoritc of by both the
empress and emperor, who frequently
show their preference for him In manner
exceedingly painful and insulting toward
his parents.-New York Mail and Ex-
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